Job Search Tip: what to do with job leads

What are you doing with job leads?

The job search process is productive when focused, and the focus is solely determined by the job seeker. Step one for job leads is: find a job of interest and apply. Step TWO?

Take the job lead and work it. Send email to people in your network, attend job support groups, talk to neighbors and friends and share the following:

• I found a job opportunity at (company name) that I am interested in...
• Do you know someone at (company name)?

Repeat the message continually until you get the answer. Our experience in networking is that it takes three to four weeks of questioning to get to the answer. Once you get a contact, connect with the resource with:

• an introduction,
• an explanation of your relationship to the person you are contacting,
• a description of the job you are interested in,
• a copy of your resume,
• a request for help by getting your resume to the hiring manager

Sometimes, things are both simple and difficult. But this is the job search process that leads to more successes than any other process. Work it!